TAMPA — As much as Nick Swisher adores being a Yankee, he didn’t tell his agent to ask the Yankees for a contract extension during the offseason.

Swisher can become a free agent after this year and after picking up the option the Yankees didn’t talk about a multi-year deal with him.

“Everyone knows how much I love it here but that’s out of my hands,” Swisher said yesterday at GMS Field where the Yankees held their initial full-squad workout of spring training. “I am here to win a championship.”

Swisher, 31, will make $10.25 million this season after the Yankees picked up an option following last season.

Counting this season the Yankees will have paid the switch-hitting outfielder $31.3 million across four years. In the first three seasons he has hit .267 with 81 homers and 256 RBIs in 450 games.

At that money and those numbers, Swisher has been a bargain. However, in October he has been a disappointment, hitting .160 (16-for-100) with four homers and five RBIs in 28 games.

Now, he has to deal with being in a walk year, which can smother players.

“It’s an exciting time,” Swisher said of being a free agent for the first time. “I haven’t had this feeling in the locker room in a couple of years. Everybody knows what to expect and we expect to win.”

Swisher trained with Ron Capnetta at Pro Athletes Sports Performance in West Lake, California during the offseason and reported to camp at 199 pounds. He played 2009 at 220.